April Adult Book Discussions

The library is looking forward to hosting two Adult Book Discussions this month.  Make plans to join us.


THE NEWS FROM SPAIN
On Thursday April 10 at 7:15 pm Elise Barack leads a discussion of The News From Spain: Seven Variations on a Love Story by Joan Wickersham. The "seven" are short stories, each set in a different time and place, about the power and vagaries of love . The author explores how we never really know what's in another person's heart, and how it's even difficult to understand our own experiences with love.

Joan Wickersham was born in New York City and  graduated from Yale University with a degree in art history. She currently lives in Cambridge, MA and writes an op-ed column for The Boston Globe.  Her earlier works include a memoir entitled The Suicide Index, and her essays and reviews have appeared in Yankee Magazine, The Los Angeles Times and The International Herald Tribune. She won an NEA grant in 2010.

For reviews of The News From Spain click below:
The Boston Globe
The New York Times 


LIFE AFTER LIFE
And on Thursday April 17 at 12 noon Judy Levin looks at Kate ATkinson's Life After Life, winner of the 2013 Costa Novel award.  In this book the main character Ursula Todd lives and dies over and over again.  Born into a comfortable, middle class British family at the beginning of the 20th century, her existence seems almost cyclical, as the author explores a life of imagined possibilities.But while Ursula knows nothing of the vicissitudes of her life, the author's narrative pushes us to think about our own choices in life.

Kate Atkinson was born in York, England and currently resides in Edinburgh, Scotland. Her first novel Behind the Scenes at the Museum won the Whitbread Book of the Year award.  

For reviews on Life After Life see the links below:
The Guardian 
The New York Times 
L.A. Times

All programs will meet in the Adult Programming Room and are funded by Friends of Lake Forest Library.